Comments Thread For: Is Jai Opetaia boxings next great cruiserweight?

[LAchargers373]

Far too early to ask the question

hes barely set himself apart from the other current Cruiserweights. It’s not outlandish to rank Zurdo ahead of him, as the resumes are paper thin.

if he beats Zurdo then it’s worth asking. But reality soon hits hard, in that’s it’s possibly the weakest cruiserweight has been for quite a long time

This is just a TERRIBLE take.cruiser always sucks. Bredis is really the only top guy. And jai schooled him TWICE, once with a severely broken jaw. He beat Bredis much more thoroughly than usyk did too. Zurdo will get absolutely demolished by opetia they are not on the same level

[landotter]

He has tools. Problem is that both Usyk and Holyfield came up through CW whe they were deep in talent. Both those men took on real tests and were battle tested when they braved the 200+ division. This era of CW looks thin right now. There is some young talent, so maybe the CW division just needs to grow into itself. But it sure looks like there are good boxers at the top and then a cliff all the way down to irrelevance If that is true, anyone with success at CW who tries to step up will find the going way beyond what they are mentally prepared for at the next division up.

[MulaKO]

We will see how he comes through a Tim Tszyu moment. Tim looked great in Australia but failed to pass the step up tests. Jai always looks good early...but seems to gas a bit late. A real war with someone like Beterbiev....which would be the money fight for him...would give us the answer.

Imo he to green for even considering a fight with Beterbiev

[BustedKnuckles]

He might be the best in the division but hes far from great.

he looks good in highlight clips fighting bums but when he fought geriatric breidas he looked very average

Agree to all points, especially v Breidis.

[elfag]

Imo he to green for even considering a fight with Beterbiev

Its now or never for him beterbiev is getting injured all the time and will age out and retire. If his management turn that fight down then they just are afraid to lose the guy is almost 30 he isnt green hes just limited


personally i rather not see beterbiev fight him, i know a 35 year old beterbiev mauls him so if beterbiev loses its from age. I dont see him beating the beter who just fought. i mean if bivol's footwork, defense, stamina and distance control cant keep beter from walking him down late rounds I dont see how opertai can, he is larger but he dont have the same defense or footwork, beter fought at 200 before and his stamina is insane he just keeps coming his opponents are always gassed late if they are still standing

[MulaKO]

Its now or never for him beterbiev is getting injured all the time and will age out and retire. If his management turn that fight down then they just are afraid to lose the guy is almost 30 he isnt green hes just limited


personally i rather not see beterbiev fight him, i know a 35 year old beterbiev mauls him so if beterbiev loses its from age. I dont see him beating the beter who just fought. i mean if bivol's footwork, defense, stamina and distance control cant keep beter from walking him down late rounds I dont see how opertai can, he is larger but he dont have the same defense or footwork, beter fought at 200 before and his stamina is insane he just keeps coming his opponents are always gassed late if they are still standing

Yes your right , the proper word would be limited
That sounds about right
And I also don’t think he has a chance against Artur now let alone when he was 35

[NihonJim]

Looking past David Nyika would be very foolish in my opinion.

I'm not sure how much upside Nyika has, but he was a very solid amateur and has impressed in the pros with obvious talent.

I'm sure Jai Opetaia himself isn't looking past David but fans are.

Im a big fan of Jai but frankly I'm not sure who wins this fight because Nyika is too much of an unknown and while I haven't seen anything to convince me he beats Jai yet, I haven't seen anything that convinces me he loses either.

[sammybee]

Experienced knock out Doctor, Yunier Dorticos can give Opetaia a good dose to test his readiness for big fights ahead.

[MulaKO]

Experienced knock out Doctor, Yunier Dorticos can give Opetaia a good dose to test his readiness for big fights ahead.

There’s a name I haven’t heard in quite some time ; Dorticos

[Rockybigblower]

Looking past David Nyika would be very foolish in my opinion.

I'm not sure how much upside Nyika has, but he was a very solid amateur and has impressed in the pros with obvious talent.

I'm sure Jai Opetaia himself isn't looking past David but fans are.

Im a big fan of Jai but frankly I'm not sure who wins this fight because Nyika is too much of an unknown and while I haven't seen anything to convince me he beats Jai yet, I haven't seen anything that convinces me he loses either.

Could turn out to be a Tua vs Cameron type fight.